--- a/configure.in	Fri Jul 18 12:54:59 2008 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Mon Jul 21 01:01:39 2008 +0000
@@ -256,10 +256,6 @@
 ALL_LINGUAS="de es it pt_BR"
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
-if test "x$MSGFMT" = "x"; then
-  AC_MSG_FAILURE( [gettext and/or libintl.h not found, but is required] )
-fi
-
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 src/Makefile